This course is designed to increase student awareness about many aspects of language, including the nature of lingusitic structures, the centrality of language to human interaction, the function of language in creating and maintaining social structures, and the relationship between language and culture. It will provide instruction in the analysis of data from a variety of the world's
languages, and will repeatedly illustrate the primary theme, that lingusitic structures are shaped by the function of language as a tool of human interaction.
This course is designed to increase student awareness about many aspects of language, including the nature of lingusitic structures, the centrality of language to human interaction, the function of language in creating and maintaining social structures, and the relationship between language and culture. It will provide instruction in the analysis of data from a variety of the world's